· 7/3/1942
People ex rel. Crompton Building Corp. v. Sexton
Citations
- 264 A.D. 522
- 35 N.Y.S.2d 922
- 1942 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4194
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that “to merit protection [under the anti-dilution law], the plaintiff must possess a strong mark”
- observing that New York law protects against the “gradual whittling away of a firm’s distinctive trademark ór name”
- observing that New York law protects against the “gradual whittling away of a firm’s distinctive trade-mark or name”
- defining dilution simply as “the gradual whittling away of a firm’s distinctive trade-mark or name”
- referring to Gen. Bus. Law § 368-d, the prior version of N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 360-1
- discussing N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 368-d, the current law’s predecessor
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